{"id":11772,"date":"2020-05-04T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betwixtedbutterfly.com\/translations\/?p=11772"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:31:17","slug":"death-progress-bar-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwixtedbutterfly.com\/translations\/death-progress-bar-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Progress Bar 86"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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At Shi Jin\u2019s behest, the prison guard came in to uncuff Xu Chuan and to pour in two glasses of water.<\/span><\/p>

Shi Jin held the glass, silently waiting for the man opposite to compose himself.<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan touched the picture on the table with a trembling hand, his gaze riveted on the young child in it. It was a long time before he spoke. \u201cSo this is what Jinwen looked like as a child\u2026 When I met him, his body was already in a very bad condition. It turns out there was a time when he was so healthy\u2026 That\u2019s good, that\u2019s good…\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Shi Jin took a sip of water and still didn\u2019t speak.<\/span><\/p>

The room became quiet. Xu Chuan stared at the picture for a long time before he finally regained his composure. Carefully covering the photo with his hand, he looked at Shi Jin and asked, \u201cWhat do you want to know?\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Shi Jin put down the glass and met those eyes that were full of all kinds of restrained emotions. \u201cI want to know who really ordered you to hire Werewolf. Don\u2019t tell me it was Xu Tianhua, I don\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan\u2019s eyes flashed, and he looked down to avoid his gaze. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

This bastard still wants to try to cheat me?<\/span><\/em><\/p>

\u201cBut that\u2019s what I want to know the most.\u201d Shi Jin took another picture from his pocket and put it face down on the table. \u201cI guess my dad didn\u2019t tell you\u2014because of the treatment, when he was a teenager, there was a period of time that Mr. Jian was severely overweight. Very much like me, as it so happens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan raised his head again, looking at the picture under Shi Jin\u2019s hand with shock and disbelief. Barely stabilizing his emotions, he uttered, \u201cNo, you must be lying to me, obviously\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Seeing his reaction, Shi Jin knew that his previous guess was correct. Sure enough, someone like Shi Xingrui would never tell anyone that the person he liked used to look ugly and that he\u2019d avoided him for a period of time because of it\u2014to Shi Xingrui\u2019s mind, it was too humiliating.<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan was aware of a lot less than he\u2019d thought.<\/span><\/p>

His mind turning fast, he interrupted the lawyer and spoke in an aggressive way again: \u201c\u2018Obviously\u2019 what? Obviously, it was my father acting out of line? Creating me, this disgusting replica, but then allowing me to become fat, ruining Mr. Jian\u2019s appearance? Xu Chuan, you hate me very much, hate me for desecrating your beloved\u2019s perfect image in your memory, but that\u2019s not right\u2014when he was my age, he was just as fat and unsightly as me. Also, I want you to understand one more thing\u2014it wasn\u2019t that I became fat because I let myself, but because my dad intentionally made me put on weight. Why would he do something like that, do you think?\u201d<\/span><\/p>

\u201cShut up!\u201d It was as if a thunderbolt had exploded in Xu Chuan\u2019s mind. He wanted to refute Shi Jin\u2019s words, but looking at the face-down photo on the table, he understood that what the teenager said was probably true.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cXu Chuan, in this place and in your position, you have no right to tell me to shut up,\u201d Shi Jin responded coldly, not letting him off.<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan froze. After a while, his expression began to crumble. He slumped and bowed his head, saying with pain, \u201cWhy did he never tell me, wasn\u2019t I his friend… Why didn\u2019t he tell me\u2026\u201d He avoided mentioning Shi Jin being made fat altogether, as if it was so unacceptable<\/span> his mind refused to acknowledge hearing that part.<\/span><\/p>

What Shi Jin needed was for him to break completely. Tapping the photo, he said, \u201cBecause Mr. Jian is different from you\u2014he would never use his own misery as a bargaining chip to steal warmth from other people. Xu Chuan, tell me what I want to know and I\u2019ll tell you what you want to know. Give me the name or I\u2019ll leave at once.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan\u2019s gaze moved to the picture under his palm again, his struggle visible on his face. At last, he appeared to have made up his mind, and looked up at Shi Jin. \u201cI want to see that photo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

\u201cGive me the name first.\u201d Shi Jin did not compromise.<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan seemed to be unable to bear someone that looked like Jian Jinwen facing him with such a cold and merciless expression. He took a deep breath and looked away, his adam\u2019s apple bobbing as he replied, \u201cNot Xu Tianhua.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Shi Jin watched him intently, without blinking.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cYes\u2026 It was your eldest brother\u2019s mother, Xu Jie.\u201d Looking at Shi Jin again, he continued, \u201cDon\u2019t be too surprised. I know you are very dependent on your brothers, but the people who want to harm you\u2026\u201d At this point he paused, because Shi Jin didn\u2019t show the surprise he\u2019d expected, but instead revealed a look of <\/span>\u2018sure enough\u2019<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The thoughts that emerged in Shi Jin\u2019s mind at that moment really were <\/span>\u2018sure enough\u2019<\/span><\/em> and <\/span>\u2018it\u2019s only like this that everything fits\u2019<\/span><\/em>; there was also the relief that he had finally solved the puzzle of the plot holes in the original novel. He met Xu Chuan\u2019s gaze with indifference, the corner of his mouth pulling up into a humourless smile. \u201cWhat\u2019s with your expression? Did you really think I\u2019d come to talk to you without knowing enough beforehand? Go on\u2014I want to know the truth of what happened in the past.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

It was as if Xu Chuan had been hit. He took a closer look at Shi Jin, measuring him up. \u201cYou\u2019ve really changed. The last time we met, you were still a fool naively following behind his brother, too stupid to tell friend from foe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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As expected of a lawyer\u2014his mouth is really venomous.<\/span><\/em><\/p>

Shi Jin snorted and carelessly flicked the photo on the table. \u201cSo you tried your best to sow discord, hoping I wouldn\u2019t get too close to Shi Weichong? Oh, no, I worded that wrong\u2014I made it sound like you were trying to help me, but that couldn\u2019t have been your intentions, since I know you don\u2019t have any goodwill towards this \u2018third-rate imitation\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan\u2019s eyes were fixed on Shi Jin\u2019s hand that was playing with the photograph, his own slowly clenching into fists.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cLet\u2019s see, you said something like this back then: \u2018Ridiculous, you two sitting together like good brothers, what a joke\u2019. In fact, you told me to run because you didn\u2019t want to see me, who looked so similar to Mr. Jian, sitting with Shi Weichong, who looks so similar to my dad. It made you very uncomfortable, didn\u2019t it? Xu Chuan, you were jealous that between the two of you, Mr. Jian obviously cared more for my dad than for you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

\u201cHe didn\u2019t deserve it!\u201d Xu Chuan suddenly sprang to his feet and reached out, trying to grab the face-down photo on the table. Reacting faster, Shi Jin picked it up and flipped it around in his fingers, revealing it.<\/span><\/p>

The silhouette of the fat, teenage Jian Jinwen was reflected in Xu Chuan\u2019s eyes.<\/span><\/p>

The lawyer\u2019s movements froze abruptly. Shi Jin took the opportunity to get up and knock on the door to the visitation room; when the prison guard opened it, he said, \u201cPlease cuff him, he wanted to attack me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

The guard came in and fulfilled his request, going about it none-too-gently.<\/span><\/p>

Being restrained again, Xu Chuan\u2019s expression turned ugly. His gaze never moved away from the photo in Shi Jin\u2019s hand.<\/span><\/p>

Shi Jin waited until the man was handcuffed, then sat back in his chair. He extended his hand and took back the picture of the child Jian Jinwen that had been lying in front of the lawyer, turned it face down again, and put it next to the teenage Jian Jinwen\u2019s photo. \u201cMy father really doesn\u2019t deserve to sit next to Mr. Jian, but you don\u2019t deserve to have his picture either. Xu Chuan, think straight\u2014annoy me and you\u2019ll get nothing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan struggled to keep the picture, but it was useless\u2014he could only watch Shi Jin take it away. The appearance of the teenage Jian Jinwen in the photo, which he had only managed to take a glance at, emerged in his mind. After a long standoff, he finally said, \u201cYes, I don\u2019t deserve it\u2026 At first, I approached Jinwen with hidden disdain and derision. Jinwen must have noticed that, so he didn\u2019t want to tell me too much about the past and always kept a polite distance from me\u2026 I don\u2019t deserve it, but Shi Xingrui, may he burn in hell, deserves it a thousand times less than me! He failed Jinwen, hurt Jinwen\u2014he was supposed to suffer a lifetime of agonizing regret, never obtaining his heart\u2019s desire, the hope turning to dust every time! Why! Why were you born! Because of you, he got his wish, even if you\u2019re a fake! You destroyed everything!\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Shi Jin watched him spit anger and malice. \u201cSo this is why you and Xu Jie colluded to harm me?\u201d he asked, tapping the photos. \u201cJust because my birth satisfied Shi Xingrui\u2019s sick chase? Because I have this face? You had no place to vent your pent-up feelings, so you decided to vent them on an innocent child? You\u2019re a weak, despicable coward. Xu Chuan, did Mr. Jian know how twisted and vicious you really are?\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan froze as if he\u2019d been slapped, his expression going stiff. His excited emotions quickly cooled and he slumped in his chair, head hanging.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI don\u2019t have time to waste on this meaningless jostling,\u201d Shi Jin said coldly. \u201cTell me what I want to know or the moment I return to B City, I\u2019ll go visit Mr. Jian\u2019s adoptive father, accompany him to Mr. Jian\u2019s grave, and have a good talk with them about what you did back then and what you did now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

\u201cNo! Don\u2019t disturb them! I promised Jinwen I would take care of his family!\u201d Xu Chuan immediately looked up with a trace of panic on his face, his emotions collapsing once more.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cIn terms of blood relationship, I should also be regarded as Mr. Jian\u2019s family,\u201d Shi Jin countered.<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan stopped speaking, glanced at him, and quickly looked away. After a moment of silence, he said, \u201cGive me ten minutes, then I\u2019ll tell you everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Without a word, Shi Jin got up, opened the door, and went out, leaving the photos on the table as if by accident.<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan looked at the pictures; they were so close, just in front of him, yet still out of his reach. The emotions in his eyes flickered like the flame of a candle, until they finally burnt out and gave way to darkness.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Shi Jin chatted with Gua Two outside for a while. Ten minutes later, he pushed open the door, walked in the visitation room, and sat down again, covering the photos with the arms he put on the table.<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan, who had regained his composure, motioned to him with his cuffed hands: \u201cGet these off me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

There was no need to make things difficult for him at this point, so Shi Jin got up and called in the prison guard.<\/span><\/p>

The situation seemed to return to the beginning, with the two of them sitting across the table from each other, each with a glass of water in front of them. This time, however, the atmosphere was much less confrontational than it had been before.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cThe person who wanted to harm you was Xu Jie\u2026 yes, and me,\u201d Xu Chuan began, picking up the glass and holding it in front of himself, not looking at Shi Jin. He continued flatly, \u201cYou said you want to know the truth about what happened in the past. All right, I\u2019ll tell you everything, I just hope that no matter what you hear, you won\u2019t disturb Jinwen\u2019s sleep.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

\u201cYes, I promise you,\u201d Shi Jin responded.<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan glanced at him, then bowed his head and took a sip of water. \u201cI believe you. You\u2019re different from the other people in your family\u2026 I\u2019ve known that for a long time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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As Shi Jin speculated, Xu Chuan approached Jian Jinwen under Shi Xingrui\u2019s instructions. Xu Chuan was willing to take up the job because of curiosity and a generous reward, but he never expected that this moment of curiosity would influence his whole life.<\/span><\/p>

Jian Jinwen really was a good, kind person. After only a year, Xu Chuan truly regarded him as a friend, and gradually learned about the entanglement between him and Shi Xingrui.<\/span><\/p>

It wasn\u2019t as if the current Xu Chuan was a good person, but at that time, he was much more utilitarian and regarded conscience as something completely unnecessary, and his oppressed family life made him thirst for success. Therefore, although he sympathized with Jian Jinwen who had been kept in the dark about everything, he still chose his own interests\u2014he didn\u2019t tell Jian Jinwen the truth and even let Shi Xingrui contact the young man using his name.<\/span><\/p>

Sometimes, feelings changed so imperceptibly that even the person himself wouldn\u2019t be aware of it. By the time Xu Chuan discovered that his feelings for Jian Jinwen had changed, Jian Jinwen was running out of time. Probably knowing that he wouldn\u2019t live much longer, Jian Jinwen sought out Xu Chuan and told him something that nearly made the lawyer\u2019s heart stop.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cHe said, <\/span>\u2018I know everything\u2019<\/span><\/em>.<\/em>\u201d Xu Chuan squeezed the glass of water tight in his hand, and his voice was no longer calm. \u201cI didn\u2019t dare to ask him what it was that he knew, I just turned and ran away. When I came back the next day, after finally mustering up the courage to talk to him, the doctor said that he had passed away. You know, I went to the hospital at eight o\u2019clock in the morning, and his heart stopped beating at seven o\u2019clock. I missed him barely by an hour, an hour\u2026 I failed to see him for the last time, and I could no longer ask him what he knew.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Shi Jin\u2019s eyebrows knitted\u2014it wasn\u2019t really a comfortable story to listen to.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cHe must\u2019ve realized that he was dying and so wanted to talk to me, but I ran away.\u201d Xu Chuan took a deep breath to steady his voice and continued, \u201cI missed the chance to say goodbye to Jinwen, but Shi Xingrui didn\u2019t\u2014Jinwen wrote him a farewell letter. Why? Why Shi Xingrui? In the letter, Jinwen wrote that he hoped that Shi Xingrui could get rid of the shadow of the past and live happily, but did Shi Xingrui deserve it? He couldn\u2019t even admit that he loved Jinwen\u2014he should live in pain for the rest of his life!\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Xu Chuan\u2019s expression turned cruel all of a sudden. \u201cI didn\u2019t give the letter to Shi Xingrui. I burned it,\u201d he said, staring at the glass in his hand with a cold gaze. \u201cNot long after that, Xu Jie\u2019s parents heard from who-knows-where that I was doing well. They contacted my parents, hoping that I would help Xu Jie get a better job.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Knowing that the main point was coming, Shi Jin\u2019s eyes flashed and his face became serious.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to help. That group of garbage used to bully and take advantage of my parents, and they lived a life thousand times better than my parents, yet they had the cheek to run to them and ask for a favor?\u201d the lawyer sneered, his mind thoroughly pulled into the past. \u201cBut in the end, I did help them\u2014my dad\u2019s heart was too soft and I was unable to dissuade him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Although Xu Chuan agreed to get Xu Jie a job, he wasn\u2019t going to put much effort into it\u2014he just planned to find an opening in some random company, with pay high enough to earn a living, and get the matter over with. However, Xu Jie had purposefully sent her r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to Ruixing and found an opportunity to talk with Shi Xingrui, then mentioned that Xu Chuan was her brother.<\/span><\/p>

Shi Xingrui had just lost Jian Jinwen at that time; psychologically, he was very dependent on Xu Chuan, a friend who shared Jian Jinwen\u2019s memory with him. When he heard that Xu Jie was Xu Chuan\u2019s relative, he hired Xu Jie as his assistant straight away.<\/span><\/p>

Shi Jin was surprised to hear this. So Shi Xingrui was aware of the relationship between Xu Jie and Xu Chuan? Later, when he became guarded against Xu Chuan, was it because of this?<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI was very angry at the time\u2014I understood that Xu Jie had long seen Ruixing\u2019s potential and took a fancy to it, and wanted to step on me as a springboard to enter the top level of Ruixing\u2019s management. I found Shi Xingrui and told him that I had a bad relationship with Xu Jie, hoping that he would dismiss her or at least not let her hold such an important position. However, he said that when running a company, one couldn\u2019t be influenced<\/span> by personal feelings\u2014Xu Jie was capable enough, so she could stay.\u201d Xu Chuan sneered and mocked, \u201cIt was fine when he acted on personal feelings, it wasn\u2019t fine if I did\u2014that bastard was the very definition of double standards.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Looking at his expression, Shi Jin guessed that this was the proverbial final straw that broke the camel\u2019s back, and the point at which Xu Chuan became completely resentful of Shi Xingrui.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cIn the end, Xu Jie became Shi Xingrui\u2019s assistant. She did indeed have the ability, but it was vastly exceeded by her ambition\u2014she wanted not only to jump on the Ruixing ship, but also to become the wife of Ruixing\u2019s president.\u201d The smile on Xu Chuan\u2019s face became malicious and full of meaning. \u201cShe came to me for help, saying that she wanted to replace the person in Shi Xingrui\u2019s heart. I didn\u2019t want to see Shi Xingrui pretend to be oh-so-high-minded and noble after all the things he\u2019d done, so I gave her a hand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cXu Jie found a chance to climb into Shi Xingrui\u2019s bed at the time when she was most likely to get pregnant. Of course, Shi Xingrui didn\u2019t want to take responsibility, but how could I let him? I even talked about Jinwen, persuading him to move on and not let Jinwen worry about him in the afterlife. Shi Xingrui felt conflicted, but in the end, he also wanted to free himself from the endless pain of loss, so he followed my advice and decided to give it a try<\/span> with Xu Jie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

This revelation dumbfounded Shi Jin\u2014it turned out that it was Xu Jie who initiated things, not Shi Xingrui, and Xu Chuan was her accomplice. No wonder that among all Shi Xingrui\u2019s women, she was the only one who didn\u2019t bear even a trace of similarity to Jian Jinwen; she wasn\u2019t a replacement at all. Rather, at that time, the idea of finding a replacement hadn\u2019t even crossed Shi Xingrui\u2019s mind.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cWasn\u2019t it great? Now that Shi Xingrui had a woman and a child, he had lost any right to miss or even think about Jinwen.\u201d Xu Chuan looked up at Shi Jin, his lips curled in a strange, smug smile, but it soon faded and his expression became dark<\/span> again. \u201cBut I didn\u2019t expect Xu Jie to be so useless that she wouldn\u2019t be able to handle Shi Xingrui at all. Not only could she not convince him to marry her but also, because of some damn <\/span>postpartum depression<\/span><\/a>, she told him that her sleeping with him back then was all just a part of our scheme.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Shi Jin\u2019s frown deepened. He recalled that it was from then on that Shi Xingrui began to go mad looking for a surrogate to bear his child, and guessed that the last dregs of conscience in his heart disappeared along with the discovery of both his closest friend\u2019s betrayal and his \u201cnew beginning\u201d turning out to be a sham.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cShi Xingrui went completely crazy. He guessed my feelings for Jinwen and realized his betrayal of his feelings for Jinwen, threw Xu Jie and her child out of his house, and kicked me out of Ruixing\u2019s management.\u201d Xu Chuan\u2019s voice became calm again, and even gained<\/span> a trace of boredom. \u201cHe probably checked the situation between mine and Xu Jie families, and found that they were actually in conflict. He resented both of us, so this decision likely made him gnash his teeth, but he actually gave some support to Xu Jie\u2019s family. He did that because he knew that helping the people I hated become successful would be the greatest revenge on me. He still left me by his side; he let me witness Ruixing take off step by step, watching from the sidelines, unable to participate in its rise. He was arrogant and crazy, but he did have the ability. I had no choice but to stay and work for him wholeheartedly because I needed to contain Xu Jie, who had ruined my career. I could never let her achieve her dream\u2014as long as I breathed, she would never gain the status of being the wife of the president of Ruixing!\u201d<\/span><\/p>

\u201cYou\u2019re all crazy.\u201d Shi Jin shook his head, unable to understand their thoughts.<\/span><\/p>

At this, Xu Chuan chuckled. \u201cCrazy? It\u2019s good to be crazy; madmen don\u2019t care about other people\u2019s pain and can find the best way to step on a sore spot. Just look at Xu Jie\u2014Shi Xingrui refused to officially acknowledge her until the day he died; <\/span>bah<\/span><\/em>, he never even admitted to having a relationship with her. It was only after his death that she was able to play the prestigious \u2018legitimate wife\u2019. How ridiculous\u2014don\u2019t you think it\u2019s funny too?\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Shi Jin kept silent. He had to admit that both Shi Xingrui and Xu Chuan\u2019s ways of handling things were plenty ruthless.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cXu Jie not only wanted to be the wife of Ruixing\u2019s president\u2014she wanted to be his only woman who gave birth to his only child.\u201d Xu Chuan\u2019s voice filled with malice again. \u201cLike I said earlier, Shi Xingrui had gone mad, truly mad, and it\u2019s easy for a madman to do something a sane person would never do. I found a woman whose face shape was similar to Jinwen\u2019s, but, to make things more fun, her facial features were not like Jinwen\u2019s at all, so using her wouldn\u2019t tarnish Jinwen\u2019s memory. Then, I left a flyer advertising the woman\u2019s dance performance on Shi Xingrui\u2019s desk.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Shocked, Shi Jin looked at Xu Chuan in disbelief. \u201cYou actually\u2026\u201d He\u2019d always thought that Shi Xingrui began to look for substitutes on his own initiative, but now it seemed it was due to Xu Chuan\u2019s intentional instigation.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cMe? Me what? If Shi Xingrui\u2019s feelings for Jinwen were firm enough, he wouldn\u2019t have been tempted at all,\u201d the lawyer responded, ice-cold. Abruptly lowering his head as if to avoid Shi Jin\u2019s gaze, he said, \u201cBut Shi Xingrui was more rational than I thought. Instead of rushing to find the woman, he investigated her first. When he was ready, he \u2018met her by chance\u2019 and made her a deal: he wanted to have a child with her, and that child had to be a son. I have to admit, I couldn\u2019t match his degree of insanity\u2014I just wanted him to be trapped in the pursuit of a mirage, but he decided to create a child that looked exactly like Jinwen. But how could that be possible? I quietly watched him become more and more crazy, watched him find one woman after another, watched Xu Jie mad with fury but clenching her teeth and keeping quiet so as not to lose all the benefits. At first, I was pleased that my revenge was successful, but soon, only emptiness was left in my heart.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Xu Chuan\u2019s voice dropped. \u201cSeveral years later, Shi Xingrui suddenly stopped this madness. I thought it was about time\u2014four women and four children were already enough to drive Xu Jie crazy, and I was also getting kind of tired\u2026 If only everything had really stopped there. Shi Xingrui would cultivate his sons, then I\u2019d help him pick one that wasn\u2019t Shi Weichong to become his heir and Ruixing\u2019s successor, completing my revenge on Xu Jie\u2026 But then your mother appeared.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Shi Jin\u2019s grip tightened around the glass in his hand involuntarily.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cShe was so much like Jinwen\u2014her appearance, temperament, even the way she spoke, and especially her kind, gentle character.\u201d Xu Chuan covered his face with one hand, and his voice turned dangerous: \u201cIt was as if Shi Xingrui was reborn. His whole person was radiant; I just had to look at him to know that he was truly happy. He seemed to care for nothing except for your mother anymore. He planned to marry her, and looked forward to his new life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d Shi Jin couldn\u2019t help but ask.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cWhat did I do… I didn\u2019t do anything, it was Xu Jie who did.\u201d Xu Chuan looked up at Shi Jin all of a sudden, his smile a mix of mockery and unholy joy. \u201cXu Jie finally knew that she would never win against a dead person, and she also couldn\u2019t win against this perfect substitute. She was already getting on in years; when facing Yun Jin, whose best years were still ahead of her, she was naturally burning with jealousy. She watched on as Shi Xingrui pampered Yun Jin as if he wished to give her the world, then as Yun Jin gave birth to you, looking forward to the day when he abandoned the two of you like he did the others, but she was destined to be disappointed\u2014for Shi Xingrui, Yun Jin was different, and you were different as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Shi Jin\u2019s heart beat faster and faster. He realized that there must have been something important that he overlooked. \u201cWhat did she do? What the hell did she do!\u201d<\/span><\/p>

\u201cInnocent and kind people are the easiest to harm,\u201d Xu Chuan said softly, a kind of distorted excitement visible on his face. \u201cShi Xingrui built your mother a beautiful castle, completely protecting her from reality, but he also deceived her too miserably\u2014as long as you took out a few bricks, all the lies and deception would come crashing down on her head. Xu Jie used to suffer from postpartum depression, so she knew that women after childbirth were very vulnerable, and she also knew what they were most afraid of. Yun Jin was living in a lie, and Xu Jie simply poked a hole in it: her Prince Charming wasn\u2019t a prince at all, but Bluebeard with his many wives. Then <\/span>bang!<\/span><\/em>, everything fell apart, and the naive princess who couldn\u2019t stand the reality chose to end her life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

When Shi Jin heard this, he felt dizzy, but also as if a huge fire burst out in his heart, burning away his self-control and reason. He dashed around the table and grabbed Xu Chuan\u2019s collar, screaming, \u201cAre you even human?! Wasn\u2019t your grudge against Shi Xingrui?! Because of your selfish desires, you harmed so many innocent people! My mother wasn\u2019t even twenty yet, and you forced her to death! You fucking psychopaths!\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Panicked, Xiao Si pacified, < JinJin, calm down, just take a deep breath. ><\/span><\/p>

\u201cShi Jin!\u201d Gua Two, who had been waiting outside, immediately threw open the door and rushed in. Giving Xu Chuan a cold glare, he hugged Shi Jin from behind and dragged him out of the visitation room, shutting the door behind them.<\/span><\/p>

Once he was outside, Shi Jin\u2019s fevered head quickly cooled. He pressed a hand against his forehead, took a few deep breaths, and said, \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I lost it for a moment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

He\u2019d prepared himself mentally, suspecting that whatever he heard today, it wouldn\u2019t be anything pleasant, but after knowing that even Yun Jin\u2019s death wasn\u2019t as simple as he\u2019d thought, it seemed to get to him on a personal level, and he couldn\u2019t help but be angry at all the harm done to the innocent who shouldn\u2019t have been involved at all.<\/span><\/p>

It was enough to make one give in to despair\u2014why couldn\u2019t good people have a good ending?<\/span><\/p>

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  1. “Xu Jie mentioned that Xu Chuan was her brother”<\/strong><\/em> – she said that Xu Chuan was her “g\u0113<\/span>ge<\/span><\/em>“, ‘older brother’, but they’re actually just cousins.<\/span><\/li>
  2. “Her Prince Charming wasn\u2019t a prince at all, but Bluebeard with his many wives”<\/strong><\/em> – Con and I tried our best to convey what author didn’t state outright. In case the meaning isn’t clear (and it might not be): the poor Yun Jin had no idea<\/em> that Shi Xingrui had so many women and children. Xu Jie probably told her this, and that he abandoned them soon after the children had been born.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Con:<\/strong><\/h3>

    If any of you are underage and are ever put in a situation where an older person tries to get you to agree to any kind of relationship with them, I hope you can refuse, or just take a step back and speak to someone you trust about it. And when I say older I mean even four or five years older\u2014they don\u2019t have to be Shi Xingrui\u2019s age to be predatory. Please keep yourselves safe as much as you can.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

    For anyone in that situation, or who has ever been in that situation, I hope that the rest of your life makes up for the bad hand you were dealt.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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